Trimming, Pinching, Leafing? i got ?????

Hey i have some 5 month old plants that are about waist high. I trimmed them in the early stages to make them bush out, which they did. But now they have so many leaves i was wondering if i should pinch or trim some more. Links to another artical could be helpful.

you can just pull back all the fan leaves that get in ur way, i sometimes just cut em off, alot of people will disagree with the method cuz they think it will ef up ur plant, well it doesnt actually, just lets more light shine thru. just dont cut alot of them, u can also use strings to bend the stems outwards a bit or use ties to tie the fan leaves together so they arent in the way. its ur call...just remember man, its a plant, just so long as u give it love and water, it'll grow regardless

okay fan leaves, thanks for the advice.

plamts use light to grow... the absorb the light through fan leaves.. so why would you want to remove the leaves that absorb the light used to grow?? although a few leaves here and there arent going to fuck up your plant, every leaf you take off is that much less light the plant will absorb.. and the plant is just going to regrow the leaf anyways... your best bet is to pull and tie the branches apart... or get some floros for side lighting... but trimming off leaves is anti productive... the other thing you could do is super crop your girl.. this will bush her out and keep make the lower branches reach up for light, without having to cut or tie anything... although some tieing off my still be needed...